Ex-Wheeler Advisor Stephanie Weiner Joins Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Stephanie Weiner, formerly senior legal advisor to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, is joining law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis as a partner in its communications and energy practices.

Weiner is a former associate with the firm. 

Before joining Wheeler's staff, Weiner was senior legal advisor to the general counsel of the Department of Energy.

As an advisor to Wheeler, Weiner oversaw broadband issues, including privacy and universal service. Her resume also includes deputy general counsel at NeuStar.

"Her experience at the Commission and at DOE will be of enormous value to our clients," said HWG chairman Scott Blake Harris, who worked with Weiner at NeuStar and DOE.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.